All Publications
Here you can find the collected CASSIS publications and media contributions by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer.
A complete list of his publications can be found here.
Publications
Tianxia Under the Sea: China's Quest for Maritime History
Frederik Schmitz examines how China's political and academic discourses shape the image of a peaceful maritime state, with underwater archaeology playing a crucial role. At the heart of this narrative is the ancient concept of tianxia ("everything under the sky"), which supports the rise of China as a peaceful maritime power through historical documents and archaeological discoveries.
Digital fragmentations, technological sovereignty and new perspectives on the global digital political economy
In their article, Prof. Dr Maximilian Mayer & Philip Nock, PhD student at CASSIS, discuss the interactions between digital sovereignty and the fragmentation of digital ecosystems and internet governance. They address "cyber-balkanisation" and related challenges to the global digital political economy, including implications for governance, economic autonomy and technological dependencies.
From Automation to Autonomy: Human Machine Relations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
In this article, Prof Dr Caja Thimm, Prof Dr Gabriele Gramelsberger, Prof Dr Maximilian Mayer & Prof Dr Frank Piller shed light on the complex and interdisciplinary perspectives on autonomy in the digital era.
Routledge Handbook on Global China
A scientific analysis by Maximilian Mayer, Emilian Kavalski, Marina Rudyak and Xin Zhang on the complex and transformative nature of Global China.
Energy technology, climate change, and security in Anthropocene
Prof. Dr Maximilian Mayer & Dr. Susanne Peters discuss the security implications arising from the interplay between energy security, new energy technologies and the dynamics of climate change in an article for the newly published "Handbook on Climate Change and International Security",
Illusionen der Autonomie? Europas Position in den globalen digitalen Abhängigkeitsstrukturen
Prof. Dr Maximilian Mayer & Yen-Chi Lu, PhD student at CASSIS, discuss in their article forSIRIUS - Journal for Strategic Analyses, they discuss Europe's position within the structures of global digital dependency. To do so, they draw on the "Digital Dependence Index", a measurement of the dependencies of various countries in the field of digital technologies.
Special Issue: Politics of Memory, Heritage, and Diversity in Modern China
Under the editorship of Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer Guest, the Special Issue "Politics of Memory, Heritage, and Diversity in Modern China" was recently published in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. In various articles and in the introduction by Maximilian Mayer & Karolina Pawlik, the Special Issue addresses questions of the interaction between collective memory and Chinese identity, cultural modernisation and political mobilisation.
China’s Bifurcated Space Diplomacy and Institutional Density
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Kunhan Li, coctoral candidate at the University of Nottingham — Ningbo, China, investigate Chinese space diplomacy and its bifurcation between institutionalised multilateral cooperation and state-centric bilateral co-operation.
China’s Cyberpower and its Impact
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Prof. Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, have edited a Special Issue of the Journal on Chinese Political Science.
Assessing the Financial and Geoeconomic Implications of China’s Digital Currency
Together with Amir Elalouf, Maximilian Mayer has contributed a chapter called "Assessing the Financial and Geoeconomic Implications of China’s Digital Currency" in a publication edited by Tim Rühlig. It highlights the possible effects of the e-CNY on European security, values and competitiveness, and recommends steps to improve Europe’s economic and technological stance.
Infrastructuring Cyberspace: Exploring China’s Imaginary and Practices of Selective Connectivity
Nicolas Huppenbauer, Dr. Ying Huang and Prof. Maximilian Mayer explore the tension between digital fragmentations and connectivity in Chinese cyberspace and introduce a new term "selective connectivity".
South Korea's Response to COVID-19: Lessons for Pandemic Preparedness and Agile Crisis Management
Prof. Maximilian Mayer and Ga Young Lee are examining the genesis of South Korea's proactive pandemic management and the resulting learning processes.
China's Engagement in Africa: Activities, Effects and Trends
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer writes on China's technological influence in Africa as part of a Center for Global Studies publication.
Digital currencies, monetary sovereignty, and U.S.–China power competition
Prof. Dr. Maximilan Mayer and Dr. Ying Huang discuss digital currencies, monetary sovereignty, and U.S.–China power competition in their new research article.
Power in the Age of Datafication: Exploring China’s Global Data Power
Prof. Maximilian Mayer and Dr. Ying Huang are examining Chinese data power by providing a new conceptual framework.
Europa hat die Konsequenzen seiner digitalen Abhängigkeit noch kaum erkannt
Maximilian Mayer and Yen-Chi Lu develop a Digital Dependency Index (DDI) that provides a precise description of the state of digital dependencies in a global comparison. With the help of the DDI, the complex subject of strategic digital policy can also be better mapped: Worldwide, 23 economically leading countries were identified as having different degrees of digital dependency in terms of trade in digital goods and services, in the area of information and communication infrastructures, and with regard to intellectual property rights for digital technologies.
COVID-19 Border Restrictions and Cross-Border Care Relations: The Cases of Germany and Vietnam
In diesem Arbeitspapier beschreiben u.a. Katharina Cramer, Maximilian Mayer und Philip Nock kritische Unterbrechungen der grenzüberschreitenden Pflegebeziehungen und -arrangements aufgrund der Einführung von Grenzbeschränkungen zu Beginn der COVID-19-Krise in Deutschland und Vietnam. Die Autor:innen argumentieren, dass die spezifischen (geo)politischen Konstellationen und die besonderen sozioökonomischen Kontexte und Verbindungen der Pflege innerhalb und außerhalb dieser Länder entscheidende Aspekte dafür sind, wie und in welchem Ausmaß die Grenzbeschränkungen in jedem dieser beiden Länder variierten und unterschiedliche Härten für verschiedene Arten von Pflegebeziehungen verursachten.
“China’s Belt and Road Initiative is Faring”
Since the inauguration of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, its bold vision has become China’s most important global economic and foreign policy instrument. Dr. Frank Umbach elaborates on the future of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in his article “China’s Belt and Road Initiative is Faring”, which was published in Geopolitical Intelligence Services.
Politics of Pandemic Care: Exploring Disruption and Response in International Cross-Country Comparison
In diesem Arbeitspapier beschreiben u. a. Katharina Kramer, Maximilian Mayer und Philip Nock die Erforschung von staatlicher Politik, sozialen Initiativen Initiativen und digitale Innovationen als Teil der globalen und nationalen Unterbrechungen der Versorgung während der COVID-19 Pandemie und beleuchten die Schnittstellen zwischen nationaler und globaler Pflegepolitik.
China: Comparative Covid Response: Crisis, Knowledge, Politics
A Scientific Analysis of China's Pandemic Management by Maximilian Mayer, Kunhan Li, and Ningjie Zhu.
Learning from Wuhan — there is no Alternative to the Containment of COVID-19
An academic text by Maximilian Mayer, among others, on ways to combat the pandemic.
Rethinking the Silk Road. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Emerging Eurasian Relations
Ein von Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer herausgegebenes Buch, das die neue Rolle und die Ambitionen von Chinas neuer Führung im Weltgeschehen bewertet, die erste theoriegeleitete Sammlung von Perspektiven zu Chinas Belt and Road Initiative bietet und vergleichende, regionale, nationale und theoretische Perspektiven zu Chinas ehrgeizigstem außenpolitischen Projekt liefert.
Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics
A book co-edited by Maximilian Mayer examines the role of art and sovereignty in global politics. Published in 2017, it is now available for free use.
Strategy Papers
Eine neue proaktive Zielsetzung für Deutschland zur Bekämpfung von SARS-CoV-2. 6. Teil: Impfungen
Paper by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, among others, on Covid-19 and vaccinations (Toolbox #9 NoCovid: SARS-CoV2 vaccinations).
Eine neue proaktive Zielsetzung für Deutschland zur Bekämpfung von SARS-CoV-2. 5. Teil: Risikoinzidenz
Paper by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, among others, on Covid-19 and risk incidence (Toolbox #7: Risk Incidence, Toolbox #8: Just Start).
Eine neue proaktive Zielsetzung für Deutschland zur Bekämpfung von SARS-CoV-2. 4. Teil: Bildung, Schulen und Kitas
Paper by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, among others, on Covid-19 and education (Toolbox #6: Education, Schools and Kitas)
Eine neue proaktive Zielsetzung für Deutschland zur Bekämpfung von SARS-CoV-2. 3. Teil: Teststrategien
Paper by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, among others, on Covid-19 and test strategies (Toolbox #6: Intelligent Test Strategies).
Eine neue proaktive Zielsetzung für Deutschland zur Bekämpfung von SARS-CoV-2. 2. Teil: Handlungsoptionen
Paper by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, among others, on Covid-19 and testing strategies (Toolbox #1-#4)
Eine neue proaktive Zielsetzung für Deutschland zur Bekämpfung von SARS-CoV-2. 1. Teil
Paper by Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer, among others, on the fight against Covid-19.
Theoretische Grundlagen für eine umfassende nationale Rahmenstrategie für Molekulare Covid-19 Testverfahren
In this working paper, Sandra Ciesek et al. describe possible testing strategies that would enable PCR-based testing capacity and testing practice to be greatly expanded throughout Germany.
Kreativität, Verantwortung, Transformation: Grundlegende Voraussetzungen für die Lockerung des COVID-19-Lockdown
In this paper, Bude, Heinz et al. advocate a number of measures to keep the SARS-CoV-2 replication number below 1 and to set the stage for successful pandemic response.
Media Contributions
- Chinas Machtanspruch
- In the New Cold War, Europe’s Approach to China Is Already Outdated
- Is Europe Still Relevant?
- Auswege aus der digitalen Unmündigkeit
- A healthier China-EU relationship
- Können die USA mit Chinas Seidenstraßen-Initiative konkurrieren?
- Can the US compete with China's Belt & Road Initiative?
- Do more clubbing. How forming partnerships can help tech middle powers survive the escalating US-China tech war
- 2023: EU decoupling from China?
- La supremacía global en juego: por qué EE. UU. ha emprendido una guerra tecnológica contra China
- Social Media ermöglichen die Proteste
- Digitalisierung: Erst abgehängt, dann abhängig
- Asia's middle powers are building new regional order
- Digitale Autonomie in der EU "kaum mehr als eine Illusion"
- China-Experte Abhaengigkeit laesst sich nicht ueber Nacht verringern
- Weltmacht-Rivalität beim 20. Parteitag der KP
- In der digitalen Abhängigkeit
- Die eskalierenden geopolitischen Rivalitäten stellen die Globalisierung infrage – will Europa am Fortschritt teilhaben, muss es auch für politisch heikle Systeme offen bleiben
- "Deutsche U-Boote stehen seit Jahren auf dem Wunschzettel"
- Warum China gegen seine Tech-Elite vorgeht
- Europe and China at a Crossroads
- An uncomfortable friendship? China's Russia problem
- Der Weg nach Moskau führt über Peking
- Europas Olympia-Dilemma
- Politische Risiken für deutsche Unternehmen in China sind deutlich größer geworden
- Corona-Management der Regierung: "Das ist willentliche Planlosigkeit"
- Have we reached peak China?
- "Eine Schockwirkung für Europa"
- Chinas neue Seidenstraße - Bedrohung oder Chance für Europa?
- Genug gewartet – fünf Schritte aus der Pandemie